Serbia - Radio Free Europe / Radio Libertyhttp://www.rferl.org/archive/Serbia/latest/678/678.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Serbiahttp://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gifSerbia - Radio Free Europe / Radio Libertyhttp://www.rferl.org/archive/Serbia/latest/678/678.html enCopyright 2015 - RFE/RL, Inc.60Sun, 02 Aug 2015 22:29:42 +0000Pangea CMS – RFE/RLSerbian Authorities Investigate Suspected Lottery FraudPolice in Serbia have opened an investigation into the management of the Serbian State Lottery after a graphic shown during the live television drawing of the winning numbers showed one number several seconds before the number was drawn.http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-lottery-fraud-investigation/27165651.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-lottery-fraud-investigation/27165651.htmlSun, 02 Aug 2015 06:47:58 +0000SerbiaSerbian Police Say Afghan National Killed In Migrants' FightSerbian police say an Afghan national was killed on July 27 in a fight involving migrants near the border with Hungary.http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-afghan-national-killed-migrant/27154771.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-afghan-national-killed-migrant/27154771.htmlMon, 27 Jul 2015 11:24:10 +0000SerbiaWorld War II Monument Defaced In BelgradeGraffiti taggers sprayed swastikas and nationalist symbols on a monument in the Serbian capital dedicated to some 80,000 victims of the Nazi-backed regime during World War II. City employees quickly removed the graffiti on July 24.http://www.rferl.org/media/video/serbia-memorial-swastika/27150779.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/serbia-memorial-swastika/27150779.htmlFri, 24 Jul 2015 13:52:00 +0000Video RoundupB92: The Voice Of Serbia's Postcommunist Aspirations Falls SilentSince 1989, Serbia's B92 radio has provided the antiestablishment soundtrack for Serbia's postcommunist development, winning international plaudits along the way for its uncompromising journalism and democratic commitment. But now it's gone off the air.http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-b92-radio-obituary-falls-silent/27147196.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-b92-radio-obituary-falls-silent/27147196.htmlWed, 22 Jul 2015 15:48:35 +0000Serbiasupport@pangea-cms.com (Branka Mihajlovic)Bosnian Leaders Visit Serbia To Mend Strained TiesThe members of Bosnia's tripartite presidency arrived in Belgrade on July 22 at the invitation of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. The visit was seen as a goodwill gesture after angry crowds drove Vucic from a memorial ceremony in Bosnia earlier this month.http://www.rferl.org/media/video/bosnia-serbia-vucic/27145851.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/bosnia-serbia-vucic/27145851.htmlWed, 22 Jul 2015 14:09:00 +0000Video RoundupEx-Yugoslav, Serbian General Arrested In MontenegroA former Yugoslav and Serbian general has been arrested in Montenegro on suspicion of having committed war crimes in the 1990s.http://www.rferl.org/content/yugoslav-general-arrested-montenegro/27137661.html http://www.rferl.org/content/yugoslav-general-arrested-montenegro/27137661.htmlMon, 20 Jul 2015 04:51:03 +0000SerbiaThousands Stream Through Serbia En Route To EUAs Hungary begins work on a border fence to keep out migrants, its neighbor Serbia is struggling to cope with the steady flow of people making their way toward the European Union. At a new refugee center in the town of Presevo, volunteers are offering what little aid they can to migrants from Syria, Iraq, Congo, and elsewhere before they continue westward. (Milan Nesic and Zoran Glavonjic, RFE/RL's Balkan Service)http://www.rferl.org/media/video/serbia-migrants-refugees-syria/27134639.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/serbia-migrants-refugees-syria/27134639.htmlFri, 17 Jul 2015 15:43:00 +0000Video ArchiveBosnian Serbs Approve Referendum Challenging National CourtLawmakers in the autonomous Serb region of Bosnia voted July 15 to hold a referendum on the authority of the national court over Serbs, in a move the West says is an open challenge to the integrity of the Bosnian state.http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia-serbs-approve-referendum-challenging-national-court/27130271.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia-serbs-approve-referendum-challenging-national-court/27130271.htmlThu, 16 Jul 2015 04:38:00 +0000Bosniasupport@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)Thousands Pass Through New Serbian Migrant CenterA new center for processing migrants in the Serbian town of Presevo has dealt with more than 5,000 people in its first week in operation.http://www.rferl.org/media/video/serbia-presevo-migrants/27129179.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/serbia-presevo-migrants/27129179.htmlWed, 15 Jul 2015 13:57:00 +0000Video RoundupHungarians Demonstrate Against Antimigrant FenceA thousand people demonstrated in Budapest on July 15 against a controversial fence that Hungary is building on the border with Serbia, aimed at keeping out migrants.http://www.rferl.org/content/hungary-antimigrant-fence/27127629.html http://www.rferl.org/content/hungary-antimigrant-fence/27127629.htmlTue, 14 Jul 2015 20:32:55 +0000NewsHungary Starts Building Antimigrant Fence On Serbian BorderHungarian soldiers have begun erecting a controversial fence on the border with Serbia that is aimed at keeping out migrants.http://www.rferl.org/content/hungary-builds-anti-migrant-fence-serbian-border/27126106.html http://www.rferl.org/content/hungary-builds-anti-migrant-fence-serbian-border/27126106.htmlTue, 14 Jul 2015 04:28:01 +0000SerbiaSerbia Jails Balkan Drug Lord For 20 YearsA Balkan drug lord was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Serbian court on July 13 for trafficking 5.7 tons of cocaine from South America to Europe.http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-drug-lord-20-years/27125262.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-drug-lord-20-years/27125262.htmlMon, 13 Jul 2015 16:23:52 +0000SerbiaSerbian PM Vucic Flees Stone-Throwers At Srebrenica MemorialSerbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and other officials were forced to flee the memorial center in Potocari, Bosnia-Herzegovina, as an angry crowd threw stones and bottles on July 11. Vucic had come to attend the 20th anniversary commemorations of the Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys. Serbia and Russia have opposed calling the Srebrenica massacre a genocide, despite a UN ruling labeling it as such. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)http://www.rferl.org/media/video/bosnia-herzegovina-srebrenica-vucic-serbia/27122233.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/bosnia-herzegovina-srebrenica-vucic-serbia/27122233.htmlSat, 11 Jul 2015 13:43:00 +0000News ClipsSrebrenica Mourners Throw Stones At Serbian PM VucicSerbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and other officials were forced to flee the memorial center in Potocari, Bosnia-Herzegovina, as an angry crowd threw stones and bottles on July 11. Vucic had come to attend the 20th anniversary commemorations of the Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys. Serbia and Russia have opposed calling the Srebrenica massacre a genocide, despite a UN ruling labeling it as such. (AP)http://www.rferl.org/media/video/srebrenica-vucic-bosnia-serbia/27122087.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/srebrenica-vucic-bosnia-serbia/27122087.htmlSat, 11 Jul 2015 12:10:00 +0000News ClipsClinton, Vucic Arrive For Srebrenica CeremonyGuests arrive for commemoration ceremonies at Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial in eastern Bosnia on July 11, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, where they were met by Srebrenica's mayor and relatives of the roughly 8,000, mostly Muslim, victims of Europe's worst atrocity since the Holocaust.http://www.rferl.org/media/video/srebrenica-potocari-ceremony-clinton-vucic/27121906.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/srebrenica-potocari-ceremony-clinton-vucic/27121906.htmlSat, 11 Jul 2015 08:57:00 +0000News ClipsCourt Awards Win To Albania Over Serbia In Violence-Marred GameA top sports court July 10 awarded Albania a victory over Serbia in a soccer game that was abandoned when a drone with a political banner flew into the stadium and sparked violence.http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-court-awards-albania-win-violence-marred-game/27121626.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-court-awards-albania-win-violence-marred-game/27121626.htmlSat, 11 Jul 2015 03:15:12 +0000SerbiaOSCE Condemns Attacks in Kosovo Serb VillageThe head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, has strongly condemned two incidents affecting the Serb community in western Kosovo.http://www.rferl.org/content/osce-attacks-kosovo-serb-village/27121017.html http://www.rferl.org/content/osce-attacks-kosovo-serb-village/27121017.htmlFri, 10 Jul 2015 17:48:47 +0000KosovoBosnians, World Leaders Converge On Srebrenica To Remember VictimsTens of thousands of people are expected to gather in eastern Bosnia on July 11 for ceremonies to honor the 8,000 Muslim men and boys massacred by Serb troops in Srebrenica 20 years ago.http://www.rferl.org/content/srebrenica-ceremonies-massacre-genocide-20-years/27120994.html http://www.rferl.org/content/srebrenica-ceremonies-massacre-genocide-20-years/27120994.htmlFri, 10 Jul 2015 17:25:38 +0000Bosniasupport@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)Twenty Years On, Mother Of Srebrenica Journalist Still Searching For His RemainsNihad Catic was a reporter broadcasting from Srebrenica when the town fell into the hands of Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995. He is one of the more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys killed in Europe's worst massacre since World War II.http://www.rferl.org/content/srebrenica-missing-mother-catic-remains-search/27120966.html http://www.rferl.org/content/srebrenica-missing-mother-catic-remains-search/27120966.htmlFri, 10 Jul 2015 16:58:15 +0000Bosniasupport@pangea-cms.com (Sadik Salimovic, Claire Bigg)Belgrade Bans Srebrenica Anniversary GatheringsCiting security concerns, Serbian police have banned all public gatherings planned in the capital Belgrade to mark the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11.http://www.rferl.org/content/belgrade-srebrenica-/27120466.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belgrade-srebrenica-/27120466.htmlFri, 10 Jul 2015 12:46:08 +0000SerbiaIn Bosnia, Merkel Calls For Social, Economic ReformsGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Bosnia-Herzegovina to launch social and economic reforms that would create jobs and speed up the EU membership process.http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia-merkel-social-economic-reforms/27118897.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia-merkel-social-economic-reforms/27118897.htmlThu, 09 Jul 2015 15:48:58 +0000BosniaMerkel Wraps Up Balkan TourGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has spent two days in the Balkans, praising Serbia’s economic discipline – but urging more action to kick-start Bosnia’s EU integration hopes.http://www.rferl.org/media/video/merkel-balkans-bosnia-serbia/27118516.html http://www.rferl.org/media/video/merkel-balkans-bosnia-serbia/27118516.htmlThu, 09 Jul 2015 12:45:00 +0000Video RoundupEx-Serb Paramilitary Commander Arrives In Zagreb For War Crimes TrialA former Serb paramilitary commander during the 1990s Balkan wars has arrived in Croatia to face war crimes charges following his extradition from Australia.http://www.rferl.org/content/serb-paramilitary-commander-zagreb-war-crimes/27118491.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serb-paramilitary-commander-zagreb-war-crimes/27118491.htmlThu, 09 Jul 2015 12:32:20 +0000SerbiaMerkel Praises Debt-Averse Balkans, Contrasts With GreeceBalkan countries aspiring for European Union membership can reach their goals despite the crisis in Greece, Angela Merkel said July 8 as she began a two-day tour of the region.http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-merkel-praises-debt-habits-contrast-with-greece-bosnia/27117731.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-merkel-praises-debt-habits-contrast-with-greece-bosnia/27117731.htmlThu, 09 Jul 2015 04:49:51 +0000Serbiasupport@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)Bill Clinton To Head U.S. Delegation To Srebrenica MemorialU.S. President Barack Obama has picked former President Bill Clinton to lead the U.S. delegation to this weekend's commemoration marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia-serbia-bill-clinton-leads-us-delegation-srebrenica-memorial/27117605.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia-serbia-bill-clinton-leads-us-delegation-srebrenica-memorial/27117605.htmlThu, 09 Jul 2015 00:29:46 +0000BosniaMerkel Assures Balkans Of European ProspectsGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has assured Balkan countries there would be no artificial delays on their drive to join the European Union.http://www.rferl.org/content/merkel-albania-serbia-bosnia/27117037.html http://www.rferl.org/content/merkel-albania-serbia-bosnia/27117037.htmlWed, 08 Jul 2015 17:56:10 +0000BosniaRussia Vetoes UN Srebrenica Resolution Russia has vetoed a United Nations resolution that would have described the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica as "genocide."http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-srebrenica-united-nations-resolution-veto-/27116818.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-srebrenica-united-nations-resolution-veto-/27116818.htmlWed, 08 Jul 2015 15:26:59 +0000Russiasupport@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)Three-Day Srebrenica March Begins Near TuzlaSeveral thousand people on July 8 began an annual 100-kilometer march to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.http://www.rferl.org/content/srebrenica-march-begins-tuzla/27116407.html http://www.rferl.org/content/srebrenica-march-begins-tuzla/27116407.htmlWed, 08 Jul 2015 11:48:47 +0000BosniaU.S. Extradites Bosnian Prison Guard To Face War-Crimes ChargesA former Bosnian prison camp guard living in the United States has been extradited to his native country to face war-crimes charges, including beating, humiliating and traumatizing civilian detainees.http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnian-prison-guard-extradited-war-crimes-charges/27115605.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnian-prison-guard-extradited-war-crimes-charges/27115605.htmlWed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:52 +0000BosniaRussia Makes Good On Promise To Serbia, Blocks 'Genocide' MeasureRussia made good on a promise to Serbia and Bosnian Serbs to block a United Nations resolution condemning the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica as an act of genocide, prompting Serbia's prime minister to say he will now attend a commemoration of the event.http://www.rferl.org/content/serbian-leader-attend-srebrenica-memorial/27115604.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbian-leader-attend-srebrenica-memorial/27115604.htmlTue, 07 Jul 2015 23:57:08 +0000SerbiaOn The Last Leg Of The Migrant Trail To The EUAn RFE/RL correspondent recently rode on a Belgrade bus packed with Afghans and other refugees heading to the EU. What she saw on the trip shocked her.http://www.rferl.org/content/migrants-discrimination-road-to-eu/27115035.html http://www.rferl.org/content/migrants-discrimination-road-to-eu/27115035.htmlTue, 07 Jul 2015 17:38:04 +0000Featuressupport@pangea-cms.com (Iva Martinovic)Russian Veto Threat Delays UN Srebrenica VoteA UN Security Council vote on a British-drafted resolution that aims to mark 20 years since the Srebrenica massacre has been postponed until July 8.http://www.rferl.org/content/un-security-council-to-consider-srebrenica-resolution/27114856.html http://www.rferl.org/content/un-security-council-to-consider-srebrenica-resolution/27114856.htmlTue, 07 Jul 2015 15:42:23 +0000BosniaAmnesty Documents 'Shameful' Abuse Of Migrants In BalkansAmnesty International has accused Balkan countries of mistreating migrants passing through their territories on the way to the European Union, saying people fleeing war are being "shamefully let down."http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-macedonia-abuse-migrants-amnest-international/27113552.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-macedonia-abuse-migrants-amnest-international/27113552.htmlTue, 07 Jul 2015 02:25:32 +0000Serbiasupport@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)Serbia Asks Russia To Veto UN Resolution On SrebrenicaSerbia is reported to have asked Russia to veto a UN Security Council resolution that would call the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys during the Bosnian war in Srebrenica genocide.http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-russia-srebrenica-genocide-un-resolution/27109972.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-russia-srebrenica-genocide-un-resolution/27109972.htmlSat, 04 Jul 2015 17:25:31 +0000Serbia